Height difference between toad and motorhome

GrampaR123 wrote:
If you're measuring the distance on the car from the tow bar receivers to the ground, our Roadmaster tow bar receivers on our 2013 CRV are less than 14 inches from the ground, but by the time the tow bar hardware is inserted and attached the tow bar fastens to the car at slightly higher than 18 inches from the ground. A 4" drop receiver on our 2002 Bounder brings me within Roadmaster's specs for height differential. I'm not sure about other than Roadmaster. I hope this helps.

I put the brackets on the Jeep baseplates today and did another measurement. The brackets raise the attachment point by 1".

I also had an extended conversation with the people at the Customer Relations Department at Winnebago. They were willing to concede that using a 6" drop receiver would be feasable as long as the Jeep was equiped with a non-surge style braking system. We use a Roadmaster 9060 system.

I'll measure the height of the motorhome hitch receiver again tomorrow on a known level surface. When doing the previous measurement the rear axle was on a level part of the drive while the front axle was on a slope. I'm hoping the down hill position of the front wheels was causing a slight rise in the position of the receiver. If I gain another inch I'll be at the 3" difference recommended by Roadmaster.

Even if there's little or no difference in the motorhome receiver height the added height of the Jeep connection and a 6" drop receiver will bring the difference down to 4".